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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Woodstock (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Woodstock. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Woodstock is located in Ulster County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

Below are the counties that are near Woodstock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodstock:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodstock, see our County-by-County Page for Woodstock.

Cemeteries Near Woodstock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodstock.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodstock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodstock, with the one closest to Woodstock listed first.

  • Chestnut Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Marion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Marion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Marion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Bush Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Bush Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Bush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Van Kleeck Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Kleeck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Kleeck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bush Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hurley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shoub Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shoub Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shoub Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Longyear Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longyear Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longyear Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hudler Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hudler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hudler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (253 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodstock had a population of 267 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodstock, with the one closest to Woodstock listed first.

  • Daisy
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Daisy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Daisy is located in Ulster County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Daisy
    • From Woodstock to Daisy
  • Bearsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Glenford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • West Hurley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Zena
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zena. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
    • Zena is located in Ulster County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Zena
    • From Woodstock to Zena
  • Lake Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hill
    • Lake Hill is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Hill <2>
  • High Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for High Woods. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
    • High Woods is located in Ulster County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to High Woods
    • From Woodstock to High Woods
  • Stony Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sawkill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sawkill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
    • Sawkill is located in Ulster County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sawkill
    • From Woodstock to Sawkill
  • Shokan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • West Saugerties
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Saugerties have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Saugerties
    • West Saugerties is located in Ulster County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodstock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodstock.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Woodstock ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodstock.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Woodstock. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Woodstock and those printed in the larger area surrounding Woodstock.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> of Woodstock.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Woodstock:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodstock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ulster County: www.co.ulster.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodstock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodstock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0411, Longitude: -74.1184    
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodstock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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